Ideation Sessions Contract Job Trends

Ideation Sessions (Ideation Workshops)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Ideation Sessions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 577 551 588
Rank change year-on-year -26 +37 +180
Contract jobs citing Ideation Sessions 9 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.006% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.007% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £408 £516 £554
25th Percentile £434 £522 £576
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £632
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -14.89% +26.30%
75th Percentile £573 £547 £681
90th Percentile £647 £549 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £441 £538 -
% change year-on-year -18.05% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ideation Sessions falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,644 29,969 38,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.25% 88.28% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,536 18,292 25,469
10th Percentile £300 £308 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £741 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,079 968 1,499
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.40
25th Percentile £17.57 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%
75th Percentile £50.38 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.13 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.54 £31.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.28% -30.00% +42.45%

Ideation Sessions
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ideation Sessions relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Ideation Sessions job vacancy trend in the UK

Ideation Sessions
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ideation Sessions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ideation Sessions

Ideation Sessions
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ideation Sessions over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ideation Sessions in the UK

Ideation Sessions
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ideation Sessions within the UK over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -20 8 £550 +2.33% 13
UK excluding London -38 4 £441 -18.05% 6
London - 4 £550 - 9
East of England - 3 £427 -
North of England - 1 £650 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £650 -
Work from Home - 1 £454 - 4

Ideation Sessions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Figma
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Miro
2 1 (11.11%) PaaS
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 4 (44.44%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Local Government
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Publishing
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Designer
2 6 (66.67%) Product Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Product Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Service Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Data Science Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Data Science Leader
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) IoT
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
1 7 (77.78%) User Research
2 6 (66.67%) User Experience
3 5 (55.56%) Wireframes
4 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
4 4 (44.44%) Data Mapping
4 4 (44.44%) Data Migration
4 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
4 4 (44.44%) Journey Map
4 4 (44.44%) Migration
4 4 (44.44%) User Stories
4 4 (44.44%) Validation
5 3 (33.33%) AI
5 3 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
5 3 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Prototyping
5 3 (33.33%) User Journey Map
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Service Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GMP
1 3 (33.33%) GxP
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Databricks
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft